El club de lectura histórica definitivo para niños de 9 a 12 años

I love history and find that reading about it can be be (almost) as exciting as a trip in a time machine would be. Each week, learners will come to class having read the book for that weeks discussion. (Thats 46 books in a year!) We will take a look at the author, the time period it was written (if different from the setting), and learn about what the characters and setting tell us about that moment in history. Learners will be given the opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions about the story and historical context. The first part of class will consist of a short lecture about the historical context, author, and any relevant information about the book. The second half of the class will be open discussion. Class is kept at a small size to ensure every learner will have an opportunity to share. (If your learner does not like public speaking, they are always able to share through the chat box.) 

Please see the Parental Guidance statement below. This is an Ongoing - weekly class, so learners are able to jump in any time or skip any books that they (or parents) do not wish to read. This class will be from an historical context, not a literary one. 


Come and join us as we take the challenge to read a different book each week! 






2025 Dates

Week of: 

January 6 In the footsteps of Crazy Horse - Joseph Marshall
January 13 Refugee - Alan Gratz - CSM Age 11+
January 20 Bud not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis
January 27 Like the Willow Tree - Lois Lowry
February 3 Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
February 10 Once - Morris Gleitzman
February 17 The Bridge Home - Padma Venkatraman
February 24 Waiting for Anya by Michael Morpugo
March 3 The Lunimous Life of Lucy Landry - Anna Rose Johnson
March 10 Goodbye, Vietnam - Gloria Whelan
March 17 NO CLASS
March 24 Freedom Crossing - Margeret Goff Clark
March 31 Amil and the After - Veera Hiranandani
April 7 Old Yeller Fred Gipson
April 14 When Clouds Touch Us - Thanhha Lai (MONDAY CLASS ONLY)
April 21 When Clouds Touch Us - Thanhha Lai (NO MONDAY CLASS)
April 28 From Hereabout Hill - Michael Morpurgo 
May 5 Number the Stars - Lois Lowry
May 12 The Lost Year - Katherine Marsh
May 19  Fever 1793 - Laurie Halse Anderson
May 26 Daniel's Story - Carol Matas
June 2 Tales from Silver Lands - Charles Finger
June 9 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck (CSM 13+)
June 16 Across So Many Seas - Ruth Behar
June 23 NO CLASS 
June 30 NO CLASS
July 7 Allies - Alan Gratz
July 14 When My Name Was Keoko - Linda Sue Park
July 21 I Lived on Butterfly Hill - Marjorie Agosin (11-13)
July 28 I Can Make This Promise - Christine Day
August 4 Toliver's Secret - Esther Wood Brady
August 11 Madeline Takes Command - Ethel C. Brill
August 18 90 Miles to Havana - Enrique Flores-Galbis
August 25 Echo - Pam Munoz Ryan
September 1 Wheels of Change - Darlene Beck Jacobson
September 8 Home of the Brave - Katherine Applegate
September 15 My Friend Walter - Michael Morpurgo
September 22 Listening for Lions - Gloria Whelan
September 29 NO CLASS 
October 6 The Trumpeter of Krakow - Eric P. Kelly
October 13 My Brigadista Year - Katherine Paterson
October 20 Night on Fire - Ronald Kidd
October 27 King of the Cloud Forests - Michael Morpurgo
November 3 Letters from Rifka - Karen Hesse 
November 10 Finding Junie Kim - Ellen Oh
November 17 Echo Mountain - Lauren Wolk
November 24 NO CLASS 
December 1 Twist of Gold - Michael Morpurgo
December 8 The Midwife's Apprentice - Karen Cushman
December 15 The White Stag - Kate Seredy
December 22 NO CLASS
December 29 NO CLASS 



Class will continue in 2026! 

The Door of No Return - Kwame Alexander

The Boy at the Back of the Class - Onjali Q. Rauf

The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Speare